Waymo will soon have its robotaxis on the road operated by rivals Lyft and Uber as part of Alphabet company's strategy to bring more self-driving cars to the masses. Waymo said Wednesday it will initially provide rides in Nashville through its proprietary app. As the service expands, riders will be able to match with a fully autonomous Waymo on the Lyft app.In its announcement, Waymo said Lyft will oversee vehicle maintenance and depot operations through the ride-hailing company's subsidiary Flexdrive. Fle ...

Markets are probably getting the rate cut they so badly want this week, and a lot of stocks have already rallied on the anticipation. But a few areas of the market might still have room to run after the Fed decision, a chief strategist told Business Insider on Tuesday.Liz Thomas, head of investment strategy at SoFi Technologies, sees three sectors in particular poised to rally as borrowing costs come down. Speaking with Business Insider, Thomas made it clear that she believes investors have reacted approp ...

Airbnb is growing a lot slower than it was just a few years ago, but CEO Brian Chesky is hopeful the company can turn it around. The Airbnb cofounder and CEO discussed the company's growth rate during an interview on Tuesday at the Skift Global Forum conference, where Chesky appeared virtually.Chesky was asked to address how the company's revenue growth has slowed over the past several years. Airbnb saw 40% revenue growth in 2022, 18% growth in 2023, and 12% growth in 2024. In the first quarter of 2025, it ...

The next big battleground for podcasts is video — and YouTube wants to cement its dominance. On Tuesday, YouTube announced a slate of new AI products as it seeks to solidify itself as the leader in the category over competitors like Spotify or Apple.Starting next year, audio-first podcasters will be able to generate video clips for YouTube from their audio transcripts. The tool uses Google's Veo AI technology to generate short 30-second to 60-second visuals that can either become a YouTube short or a part ...

Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah made a flurry of social media posts after Charlie Kirk's death. The Post cited two Bluesky posts in particular that led to her firing. Attiah published a Substack post on Monday saying she was fired for "speaking out against political violence, racial double standards, and America's apathy toward guns."The Post's termination letter to her quotes one of her posts that said, "Refusing to tear my clothes and smear ashes on my face in performative mourning for a white man ...

公司业绩与市场表现 - Oracle上周发布财报后因云计算收入预测大幅上调令投资者震惊 股价持续上涨且需求保持强劲 [1] - Bloom Energy股价年内涨幅超过220% 摩根士丹利将其目标价上调至88美元 较周二盘中高点仍有16%上涨空间 [2][3] - 摩根士丹利认为Bloom Energy为科技行业数据中心热潮提供了新型投资机会 并将Oracle合作视为未来增长关键指标 [3][9] 战略合作与产能优势 - Bloom Energy于7月底宣布使用燃料电池技术为Oracle数据中心供电 获得华尔街顶级银行看好 [2] - 公司具备快速制造能力 能在6个月内实现产能翻倍并以短周期交付产品 [8] - 管理层表示将在90天内向首个Oracle数据中心发货 未来还将为"许多"其他Oracle数据中心供货 [9] 行业趋势与竞争格局 - 数据中心引发的电力需求未见放缓迹象 电网供电和替代能源均面临延迟 [9] - 能源股正成为参与AI热潮的替代途径 核电公司如Oklo和Nucor成为2025年华尔街能源交易焦点 [10] - 核能ETF因高耗能数据中心推动的行业复兴预期而大幅上涨 [10]

America's largest group of homebuilders is feeling good about where the housing market is headed. That's because everyone seems confident that the Fed is poised to cut interest rates for the first time in 2025 this week, the National Association of Homebuilders wrote in a note Tuesday.That's expected to lower borrowing costs for buyers—a much-needed catalyst for the US housing market to reopen after years of higher mortgage rates that have sidelined buyers and sellers. The Fed looks poised to trim its ta ...

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The stock market is flashing a handful of signs that the latest rally may be about to reverse course, one of Bank of America's top technical strategists said. Paul Ciana, the global chief technical strategist at BofA, said in a client note on Monday that the market looks like it is facing a handful of "key risks" from a technical perspective. Those factors could challenge the recent rally that's pushed the market to all-time highs. "After reaching our 6,500 summer target, the SPX rose to another new high. ...

微软对OpenAI投资回报 - 微软2019年向OpenAI投资10亿美元 2023年追加投资后总投资额达130亿美元[1][3] - 微软可能获得OpenAI约30%股权 按OpenAI 5000亿美元估值计算 该股权价值至少1500亿美元[2][13][14] - 此次投资回报率超过10倍 回报周期仅数年 速度快于谷歌收购YouTube和Facebook收购Instagram案例[4][5] OpenAI企业结构变革 - OpenAI宣布重组为营利性公益公司 将发行传统股票以便投资者获得股权[1] - 原非营利结构对融资造成挑战 新结构有助于筹集更多资金[7][13] - 重组后微软将获得新股权 双方接近解决分歧 形成双赢局面[12][13] 合作与技术资源安排 - 微软CEO纳德拉 CTO斯科特与OpenAI CEO奥尔特曼共同设计初始合作方案[6] - 合作包含特殊利润分配单元 并授予OpenAI使用Azure云服务训练AI模型的权限[6] - ChatGPT爆红后 OpenAI需要更多资金购买算力资源支持增长[7] 股权估值细节 - 谈判中讨论微软获得约三分之一新股权 员工售股轮次显示OpenAI估值达5000亿美元[13] - 微软持股比例与对应估值：30%对应1500亿美元 33%对应1650亿美元 35%对应1750亿美元[14][15][16][17]